Beyond the Grant: Putting Philanthropy’s Full Potential to Work

Funding is only one of the assets philanthropy can bring to social change. Funders can also open doors to governments and businesses, convene actors who would otherwise not meet, connect social innovators to new partners, share lessons from working across different portfolios and geographies, and help effective approaches gain wider visibility and influence. This session asks how philanthropy can put those assets to work in response to what social innovators and ecosystems actually need.

What if the money is only one part of what philanthropy has to offer?

Live interpretation will be available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Arabic.